Safety-razor.



No.' 850,529. PATENTED APR. le, 1907.

' P. XpGBoRGE, JB.

SAFETY RAZQRA APPLICATION FILED 1330.21. 1906,

Fran/r 2S. Geary@ 177:

rniinir X. cEonoE, JR., or B'Eooinirn, NEW roiiir.y

SAFETY-RAZOR.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Application i'iled December Z1, 1906. Serial No: 348,964.

T t/f 'who/rt it 'nung concern:

Be it known that I, FRANK X. GEORGE,

Jr., a citizen of the United States, residing at Brooklyn, in the county of Kings and State of N ew York, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Safety-R azors, of which the following is a specification.

This inventionirelates to improvements in safety-razors, and has for its principal object `the production ol" a safety-razor or shaving device in which the blade may have a motion simulating that of the razor-blade in an ordinary hand-razor-that is, a motion ob -lique to the general direction. of the razor.

Another object of the invention is the au tomatic production of this oblique movement oi the blade as the razor is moved over the iace. i Vith these andother objects in view the invention consists in the structure and in the combination oi parts substantially as hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawings, which form a part ot this specification, Figure 1 represents the improved shaving device in plan. Fig. 2 is a view from theunder side thereof. vice in the position represented in Fig. 2, Aand Fig. 4 is a transverse section taken' in the plane indicated by the line 4 1, Fig. 2.` Fig. 5 is a sectional detail view of the blade- -holder and reci rocating mechanism,

This idea' ol producing n, automatically a movement of the razor-blade oblique to the general direction of the razor may-beI embodied in variously-formed structures. The

ment one conceived as best adapted for the purpose consists of a suitablecasing in which is journaled a roller to be rolled over the face and to which roller the blade is connected through gearing suitable for giving thereto the desired oblique movement. This casing is indicated in the drawings by 5, the'roller by 6, and the blade by 7. A bracket, as 8, is

attached to the casing at one end and init-is journalcd one end of the roller 6', while the other end of said roller. is journaled in the gear-housing 9, attached to the opposite end of the casing.

allel to the roller is journaled the shaft-10, uponwhich are the two crown-gears 11 and 12, with which mesh the pinions 13 and 14,'

fixed to stud-shafts 15 in the floor of the casing. To the' lower ends of these stud-shafts are securedcrank-disks 16, heldin adjust- Fig. 3 isl an end elevation of the de- Within the casing and-par.

by set-screws 24, carrying suitable rol i tary wrist-pins, to which are attached at its ends the razor-blade clamp 17, preferably a springeclamp, as indicated. Within the housing' 9 is the train of gearing; by which the shaft 10 is connected to the roller 6. This train may, as shown, consist of the gears 18 and 19, mounted, respectively, upon the axle of the roller and shaft 10,and an idle gear 20, mounted between said gears. The base of the casing 5 inay'projec-t forwardly, as shown, and upon its forward edge bearthe curved toothed guard-plate 21. To insure proper frictional engagement of theroller-upon the face, it may be provided with an irregular surface, as by placing ber jacket, substantially as represented in the drawings.

Any suitable handle may be provided ion this shaving device, the one represented at 22 consisting of sheet metal secured ,by screws at 4its lower end to the sidesof the casing.

In drawing the razor over the face sufficient pressure is applied so that the roller 6 will transmit through the gearing described tothe crank-disk 161 a rotary motion, and as thesedisks rotate they will give to 'e ade 7 a reciprocating motion, longitudniahy as well as transversely, and in the forward .transverse movement the edge of the blade will travel obliquely against` the hair to be out and obviously will cut ,it more readily than when moved straight against it, as in the ordinary safety-razor. This motion of the blade is that of the ordinary razor in the resented Aprii ie,fi9o7. v

thereon a pitted rubhands of the experienced barber and which insures a clean and comfortable shave.

The invention' claimed isd 1. In a safety-razor, the combination with the blade and casing of means for giving the blade a cutting stroke in a direction oblique to the line of travel of the razor.

2.' 'In a safety-razor, the combination with the blade and casing of means for giving to the blade a reciprocating motion longitudinally and transversely.l

3. In a safety-razor, the combination with Athe casing, cfa roller, a reciprocating blade andvgearing connecting the blade with the I disks.

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roller with said chuup for giving to thu lutter FRANK X. GEORGE, JR. a longltudmal and transverse reclprocnmng ltnuscsz motion and a. guard on sind caslng opposlte B. F. OHMS,

to said'rollei. C. T. CORNER. 

